It is our great honour and pleasure to welcome Jorg Riommi, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe Central and Eastern Europe as the newest member of the Golden Drum Hall of Fame, a selected group of visionaries and dreamers who have fought courageously and passionately for the progress of the creative industry.

Baltic Best Head of Programme Hando Sinisalu interviewed Rolands Puhovs, who is the Managing Director of Latvian branding agency White Label and a jury member of this year's Baltic Best competition.

Magnus Lužkov, the head of the Optimist agency and a member of the jury of this year's BalticBest, said that the importance of participating in the competitions has even increased, as the talent hunting has become more aggressive. In addition, he said that older brands need to do more to stay competitive today and that Optimist agency has the only full-time specialist working on Metaverse projects in Estonia.

Mark Tungate is a British journalist and author based in Paris, he is also the Editorial Director of the Epica Awards.

Interview with the Lithuanian advertising legend Rimantas Stanevicius, who is one of the jury members of BalticBest 2022.

The Gerety Awards have a final deadline for entries until Friday, May 13, 2022. The shortlist will be announced mid June followed by jury insight panels.

The Golden Drum entry system is officially open for submissions. Advertisers, agencies, and other marketing communications professionals can enter their work until 5 August 2022. Additionally, the festival introduces the Super Early Bird rate and extends the Quantity and Covid-19 Group discounts.

The Gerety Awards has announced an extension of its deadline until April 15th and a new category for B2B.